title: Obesity and age at menarche.
abstract: A cohort study of 3,169 girls born in April 1984-April 1987 in Odense and Aalborg, Denmark, was performed to examine whether maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) accounted for daughter's age of menarche (AOM) and, if so, whether it accounted for part or all of the association between daughter's BMI and AOM. Multiple regression analyses adjusted for covariates indicated a weak inverse association between maternal BMI and AOM and a much stronger inverse association between offspring BMI and AOM independent of maternal BMI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1772, USA. ashrestha@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Anshu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: Jørn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Cecilia Høst
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ramlau-Hansen
authors.forename: Bodil Hammer
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Bech
authors.forename: Ellen Aagaard
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Nohr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008572:Menarche; D009035:Mothers; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult